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over the past three months you've seen the romney campaigns, republicans on the defensive. they finally got some very good news, and i think what's going to end up happening in the election is how the campaigns respond. you saw president obama respond very forcefully yesterday, also told. you saw the romney campaign try to build from its momentum on wednesday night. we've now kind of entered a new phase of this campaign, and it's going to be really interesting what goes into the days ahead and also those debates ahead. >> "the daily beast" has a headline, "blame obama's lousy debate on john kerry. bring bill clinton as his debate coach." that's one person's opinion of the matter. nevertheless, no chance in that happening, but we know from what david axelrod has said and others, there will likely be a strategy change for the president in the next debate. >> no one knows why the president didn't do as well. i think that you're going to see a more focused president obama. actually, a more focused obama campaign team on preparation. this is a conversation we had about mitt romn
over the past three months you've seen the romney campaigns, republicans on the defensive. they finally got some very good news, and i think what's going to end up happening in the election is how the campaigns respond. you saw president obama respond very forcefully yesterday, also told. you saw the romney campaign try to build from its momentum on wednesday night. we've now kind of entered a new phase of this campaign, and it's going to be really interesting what goes into the days ahead and...
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but republican challenger mitt romney says that those numbers are not good enough. tara mergener has more now from the white house. >> reporter: john keenan is repairing bikes these days. not in montana where he owns a farm with his wife but in springfield, virginia. >> i moved back in with my parents the same house i grew up in. >> reporter: keenan left behind breathtaking vistas and his cashmere sheep because jobs are more plentiful on the east coast. >> it's been is very poor economy for a long time. it's tough to get a job. the scenery is awesome. everyone wants to move there but you can't eat the scenery. >> reporter: the latest job numbers suggest more of the same for people like keenan. 114,000 jobs were added last month. less than in august or july. but the all important employment rate fell to 7 .8%. the lowest since president obama took office. officials at the white house say there is still more work to be done on the jobs front but insist the later report is proof -- latest report is proof the economy is headed in the right direction. >> we've made too m
but republican challenger mitt romney says that those numbers are not good enough. tara mergener has more now from the white house. >> reporter: john keenan is repairing bikes these days. not in montana where he owns a farm with his wife but in springfield, virginia. >> i moved back in with my parents the same house i grew up in. >> reporter: keenan left behind breathtaking vistas and his cashmere sheep because jobs are more plentiful on the east coast. >> it's been is...
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we now have a new issue in this campaign now that romney has tried to elude the bonds of the republican right and the people who control the party and have up until now, and that is the basic honesty and character of mitt romney. it might be that he can convince the american people that he is the centrist person who we saw on that stage the other night. but it is a new mitt romney. it didn't exist before in this campaign. it might have existed when he was running against ted kennedy for the senate in 1994 and then after he lost that race and started moving to the presidency, he's been moving increasingly toward being controlled by the republican right message. he picked the vice presidential candidate who most embodies that message, and that is paul ryan, instead of picking portman, who would have sent a clear signal to the electorate that, oh, i'm george romney, i am this centrist candidate who wants to see a big tent republican party. let's see it for real. so far what we've seen is some talk on a debate in which he unquestionably faced a president of the united states who was not pre
we now have a new issue in this campaign now that romney has tried to elude the bonds of the republican right and the people who control the party and have up until now, and that is the basic honesty and character of mitt romney. it might be that he can convince the american people that he is the centrist person who we saw on that stage the other night. but it is a new mitt romney. it didn't exist before in this campaign. it might have existed when he was running against ted kennedy for the...
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. >> and vice president joe biden was campaigning in iowa saying that mitt romney flip-flopped on his own tax cut plan that was the centerpiece of the gop campaign and biden challenged the republicans on the tax issue. >> you know the phrase he always uses, obama and biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. guess what, yes, we do, in one regard, we want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super wealthy. that's not a tax raise, that's called fairness where i come from. >> all right. so how will today's monthly jobs report impact the candidates? economists predict the unemployment rate could tick up from 8.1 to 8.2% which could be bad news for president obama. nbc's brian mooar has the latest from washington for us. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, lynn. it probably won't be great news for either of the political candidates, but it could be worse. today's jobs report is the second to the last before election day. it is a critical snapshot of an economy that's been stuck in low g
. >> and vice president joe biden was campaigning in iowa saying that mitt romney flip-flopped on his own tax cut plan that was the centerpiece of the gop campaign and biden challenged the republicans on the tax issue. >> you know the phrase he always uses, obama and biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. guess what, yes, we do, in one regard, we want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to...
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now republicans and romney cannot say that. >>trace: back to the debate if i and the 67 million viewers. this were new numbers in a poll, and people criticize rasmussen as leaning to the right but it shows in ohio obama's lead has russia returning from three days ago to 50-49, and in florida, the same thing, romney now on top, 49-47. finally, virginia, you have romney also on top, 49-48 percent. this looks well for the romney campaign even if this is leaning to the right. >>chris: i would like to see, and i would have said this regardless of who the pollster was, i would like to see several polls because one can be an outlier and you want to see if there is a trend. you would expect it would close. romney had a very good night and he diffused a lot of the attacks that obama has been making against him for the last few months. things like he is out of touch and he is as concerned about the rich and does not care about the middle class or he is a right-wing extremist. mitt romney did not come off that way on wednesday night. i wo
now republicans and romney cannot say that. >>trace: back to the debate if i and the 67 million viewers. this were new numbers in a poll, and people criticize rasmussen as leaning to the right but it shows in ohio obama's lead has russia returning from three days ago to 50-49, and in florida, the same thing, romney now on top, 49-47. finally, virginia, you have romney also on top, 49-48 percent. this looks well for the romney campaign even if this is leaning to the right. >>chris: i...
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. >> and vice president joe biden was campaigning in iowa saying that mitt romney flip-flopped on his own tax cut plan that was the center piece of the gop campaign and biden challenged the republicans on the tax issue. >> you know the phrase they always use, "obama and biden want to raise taxes by $1 trillion. guess what? yes, we do in one regard. we want to let that $1 trillion tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have the bear the burden of all that money going to the super wealthy. that's not a tax raise. that's called fairness where i come from. >> and last night on "politics nation," jared bernstein explained to al sharpton that the math in mitt romney's tax plan doesn't add up. >> if you're going to cut taxes 20% across the board, which is mitt romney's plan, you're going to blow a $5 trillion hole over ten years in the government's revenue. now, what governor romney says is i can make that up by closing tax expenditures and loopholes, but there's two problems with that. one, the arithmetic. if you look at people over 200,000, just look at the wealthiest couple of percent
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town peter lavelle debating the debate the first direct encounter between president barack obama and republican challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill what is behind obama's failure and does it really matter. if he. started. to cross thought the first u.s. presidential debate i'm joined by rachel mars today in paris she's a political communications strategist and sidney cade a columnist in washington we have niall standage he is a staff writer for the hill and in london we crossed to david nicholson he is a london based freelance journalist right folks cross talk rules and if i mean you can jump in anytime one rachel what in the world happened last night why why did obama really bomb. well you just had to relieve the office it's interesting however when saying the bar really low for each of their candidates both campaigns were the word got out that apparently mitt romney was had a really bad night sleep in the hotel because a train whistle kept going off they stayed in some kind of hotel that was nearer to the train tracks and the whistle kept going off so they were lo
town peter lavelle debating the debate the first direct encounter between president barack obama and republican challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill what is behind obama's failure and does it really matter. if he. started. to cross thought the first u.s. presidential debate i'm joined by rachel mars today in paris she's a political communications strategist and sidney cade a columnist in washington we have niall standage he is a staff writer for the hill and in...
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and most republicans are steering clear of the former ceo's comments, including mitt romney. the republican nominee says many of the new jobs are only part-time. and that's not what a real recovery looks like. >> even those that have jobs are having tough times. the middle class is being squeezed with higher and higher costs and with incomes that have come down. >> report was good news on wall street, but investors remain weary. >> everyone is saying here we gorks everything
and most republicans are steering clear of the former ceo's comments, including mitt romney. the republican nominee says many of the new jobs are only part-time. and that's not what a real recovery looks like. >> even those that have jobs are having tough times. the middle class is being squeezed with higher and higher costs and with incomes that have come down. >> report was good news on wall street, but investors remain weary. >> everyone is saying here we gorks everything
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the dow up 61 points >> first, mitt romney in his own words why the republican nominee for president says he was completely wrong. >>> sexuality and scouting itch meet the east bay teen gaining support of thousands controversial [ female announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits on their own are amazing, but press out some biscuit dough, add some sauce and some pepperoni and cheese and monday's dinner is now a grands mini pizza party. pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> good friday morning airport delays over an hour later today partly cloudy cool numbers across the bay 75 sacramento. mid 60s lake tahoe feeling and looking like fall. 49 santa rosa right now with 60 in oakland mid 60s across the bay partly cloudy, upper 70s inland getting cool throughout the evening with that fog moving across the bay. we'll look for that marine layer to continue to provide partly cloudy skies for t
the dow up 61 points >> first, mitt romney in his own words why the republican nominee for president says he was completely wrong. >>> sexuality and scouting itch meet the east bay teen gaining support of thousands controversial [ female announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits on their own are amazing, but press out some biscuit dough, add some sauce and some pepperoni and cheese and monday's dinner is now a grands mini pizza party. pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin....
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. >> reporter: and just as romney travels to florida this weekend, a message from florida's republican governor before romney arrived. the governor tweeting about huge economic gains there. tampa, st. pete, clearwater and miami area experienced largest unemployment rate declines in the country. a tricky balance for the country, arking voters change course amid an improving picture. romney emphatic it is not going quickly enough. >> the reason it's come down this year primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> reporter: but economists say in this jobs report, that's not entirely the case. some have dropped out, but there's been a surge in the number of baby boomers retiring. and there was more hiring in recent months than first thought. and romney working to win over voters who are out of work. now offering this about those comments he made about the 47%. the americans, he said, he doesn't worry about, those he said he can't convince to take personal responsibility. >> clearly, in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and q
. >> reporter: and just as romney travels to florida this weekend, a message from florida's republican governor before romney arrived. the governor tweeting about huge economic gains there. tampa, st. pete, clearwater and miami area experienced largest unemployment rate declines in the country. a tricky balance for the country, arking voters change course amid an improving picture. romney emphatic it is not going quickly enough. >> the reason it's come down this year primarily due...
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see how two analysts, one democrat and one republican, graded president obama and governor romney's performances. plus, on art beat, jeff talks to writer kevin powers. his new novel "the yellow birds" centers on a 21-year-old army private fighting in iraq. all that and more is on our website: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and again to our honor roll of american service >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh acce
see how two analysts, one democrat and one republican, graded president obama and governor romney's performances. plus, on art beat, jeff talks to writer kevin powers. his new novel "the yellow birds" centers on a 21-year-old army private fighting in iraq. all that and more is on our website: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and again to our honor roll of american service >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and...
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the republican national committee seized on governor romney's dominance in the evening sky and the president's principal reaction to that and entitled the smirk. >> the cut the deficit in half. four years later and we have a trillion dollar deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. the people who are having a hard time right now are middle income americans. under the president's policies middle income americans have been buried. there just being crushed. middle income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. at the same time gasoline prices have doubled. electric rates are up, food prices are up. if you're reelected we will get to a trillion dollar debt. you have said before you cut the debt in half. lou: and to post debate polls gave the debate to governor romney. by a huge margin. in fact, the biggest one in history according to one of those polls. the cbs poll showed that 42 percent called romney the victor with only 22 percent standing with the president. the same poll tells us that 63 percent now believe governor romney cares about thei
the republican national committee seized on governor romney's dominance in the evening sky and the president's principal reaction to that and entitled the smirk. >> the cut the deficit in half. four years later and we have a trillion dollar deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. the people who are having a hard time right now are middle income americans. under the president's policies middle income americans have been buried. there just being...
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when governor romney stood on a stage with other republican candidates for the nomination, and he was asked, "would you take $10 of spending cuts for just $1 of revenue?" and he said no. now, if you take such an unbalanced approach, then that means you are going to be gutting our investments in schools and education. it means that governor romney talked about medicaid and how we could send it back to the states but effectively this means a 30% cut in the primary program we have for seniors in nursing homes, kids with disabilities. >> lehrer: mr. president, i'm sorry. >> and that is not a right strategy for us to move forward. >> lehrer: way over the two minutes. >> sorry. >> lehrer: governor, what about simpson-bowles, will you support that? >> the president should have grabbed that. >> lehrer: do you support simpson-bowles? >> i have my own plan. it's not the same. in my view, the president should have grabbed it, if he wanted to make adjustments, take it, go to think and fight for it. that's what we've done. we're putting it before congress right now. >> you've within president four
when governor romney stood on a stage with other republican candidates for the nomination, and he was asked, "would you take $10 of spending cuts for just $1 of revenue?" and he said no. now, if you take such an unbalanced approach, then that means you are going to be gutting our investments in schools and education. it means that governor romney talked about medicaid and how we could send it back to the states but effectively this means a 30% cut in the primary program we have for...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney just responded to the new jobless report that came out this morning showing unemployment dropping to 7.8%. the labor department says that is the lowest rate in almost four years. but mitt romney said and i'm quoting it's not what a real recory looks like -- recovery looks like. >>> two bart passengers were robbed at gunpoint at the oakland coliseum parking lot. it happened around midnight after the two people got off a bart train. they used police dogs to capture the suspects at a nearby warehouse. >>> more than a million people expected to pack san francisco streets over this weekend. there are several high profile events happening including the america's cup world series. now san francisco officials are hoping to learn from this weekend's event as they get ready for the big america's cup event next year where many than three million people are expected to attend. >>> are you ready for the crowds? local transit agencies say they are? alex savidge is live. >> reporter: good morning. bart has been preparing for this one weekend for months
republican presidential candidate mitt romney just responded to the new jobless report that came out this morning showing unemployment dropping to 7.8%. the labor department says that is the lowest rate in almost four years. but mitt romney said and i'm quoting it's not what a real recory looks like -- recovery looks like. >>> two bart passengers were robbed at gunpoint at the oakland coliseum parking lot. it happened around midnight after the two people got off a bart train. they used...
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. >>> republican nominee mitt romney is also in virginia again this morning. he is go to be at a campaign event in washington county on the north carolina border. yesterday, romney campaigned with country music legend trace adkins outside charlottesville. both candidates meet again in a up to hall debate in a week and a half. a half. . >>> making headlines closer to home, four people are hurt in a fire in northwest d.c. one person had to jump from the window of an apartment building in the unit block of k street. they are in serious condition. a firefighter who was injured is expected to be okay. >>> a popular shortcut to the fort totten metro station has become the site of several dangerous muggings. police say the most reent robberies occurred in broad daylight where victims were robbed of cash at gunpoint. several council members are working with transit and park police to come up with safe solutions such as more lighting. >>> an alert for women in fairfax county now. police are looking for a suspected serial fondler. he has approached women and grabbed the
. >>> republican nominee mitt romney is also in virginia again this morning. he is go to be at a campaign event in washington county on the north carolina border. yesterday, romney campaigned with country music legend trace adkins outside charlottesville. both candidates meet again in a up to hall debate in a week and a half. a half. . >>> making headlines closer to home, four people are hurt in a fire in northwest d.c. one person had to jump from the window of an apartment...
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at the end of the day, romney had tearable month of september, the republicans are starting to put a little bit of distance between themselves and romney. a bad debate performance would have nailed that coffin shut, but romney did pretty well. not only did he have his own hopes on his backs, he had the hopes of his entire party resting on his shoulders, and give him credit. >> jamal: reid what is really interesting about the 47% comment, i was down in florida last week, and i ran into a guy who was a veteran and he said listen, i listened to what romney said in the 47% number and in that number are guys like me. we're getting our va benefits and he is talk about us like we are victims. and we're not victims we're warriors. he captured so much of how mitt romney lumped a whole bunch of people from senior citizens to veterans, to students to people like my family that needed a little extra help to get over the hump when my sister was born, there are so many people like that that romney talked about that really sent a shock wave. >> yeah, he is the elite of the elite. he is the 1% of th
at the end of the day, romney had tearable month of september, the republicans are starting to put a little bit of distance between themselves and romney. a bad debate performance would have nailed that coffin shut, but romney did pretty well. not only did he have his own hopes on his backs, he had the hopes of his entire party resting on his shoulders, and give him credit. >> jamal: reid what is really interesting about the 47% comment, i was down in florida last week, and i ran into a...
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challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill what is behind obama's failure and does it really matter. if you started. to cross talk the first us presidential debate i'm joined by rachel mars today in paris she's a.
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and shunned by national republican leaders including mitt romney. >> basically we lift the barn and they put the barn on top of us. in suburban st. charles county. it's not akin folks are mad at. >> we've probably had nor people looking for akin signs after the way he was treated by the party establishment folks in washington d.c. >> i am reluctant to support the g.o.p. because they are not supporting akin. >> i think they threw him under the bus. >> slowly, some of the g.o.p. establishment has started to come around, including current missouri senator roy blunt and kit bond. >> we've had contributions coming in from washington state and from maine and places like connecticut. >> but not nearly enough to off set mccaskill's dominant tv ad campaign. >> says that medicare-- >> and this week, mccaskill's spending is according to a republican source, 13 times what akin has on the air. mccaskill announced early she's taken in 5.8 million dollars in donations for the third quarter. the campaign cash announcement is also a not so subtle reminder that third party groups that might rethink the mi
and shunned by national republican leaders including mitt romney. >> basically we lift the barn and they put the barn on top of us. in suburban st. charles county. it's not akin folks are mad at. >> we've probably had nor people looking for akin signs after the way he was treated by the party establishment folks in washington d.c. >> i am reluctant to support the g.o.p. because they are not supporting akin. >> i think they threw him under the bus. >> slowly, some...
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you've heard mitt romney and other republicans attack the president saying that rate was above 8%. it is no longer above 8%. i think that number is important. what you may hear republicans attack the president on these numbers, as christine romans was just telling you, not enough jobs. only 114,000 jobs created. more than analysts predicted but probably not the number needed to reverse course and really kick-start this economy. we will see probably in the next few minutes reaction from the romney campaign, other republicans and i'm sure you'll hear the candidate himself, the former governor, talk about it on the trail today, carol. >> we've heard a familiar criticism. conservatives are already reacting to the 7.8% unemployment rate saying, these numbers are wrong. they're just wrong. we don't believe them. how can they be? and this has been sort of a -- it's become a familiar tactic. >> are you talking about that tweet, i guess, from jack welch, talking about maybe the obama campaign was cooking the books. i don't know how those numbers work. i really can't comment on that. there h
you've heard mitt romney and other republicans attack the president saying that rate was above 8%. it is no longer above 8%. i think that number is important. what you may hear republicans attack the president on these numbers, as christine romans was just telling you, not enough jobs. only 114,000 jobs created. more than analysts predicted but probably not the number needed to reverse course and really kick-start this economy. we will see probably in the next few minutes reaction from the...
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. >> brown: thatas a swipe at republican mitt romney and his economic prescriptions. but in southwest virginia, romney fired back that the report does not portray a real recovery. >> the unemployment rate, as you noted, this year has come down very, very slowly. but it's come down, nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. so it looks like unemployment's getting better, but the truth is, if the same share of people were participating in the workforce today as on the day the president got elected, why, our unemployment rate would be around 11%. that's the real reality of what's happening out there. >> brown: in fact, total employment in september did increase, for the first time since june, by 873,000. but two-thirds of those were people who took part-time jobs when they could not find full- time work. today, some even questioned the accuracy of the data. on twitter, former general electric c.e.o. jack welch suggested the obama administration manipulated the numbers. but o
. >> brown: thatas a swipe at republican mitt romney and his economic prescriptions. but in southwest virginia, romney fired back that the report does not portray a real recovery. >> the unemployment rate, as you noted, this year has come down very, very slowly. but it's come down, nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. so it looks like unemployment's getting better, but the truth...
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nominee mitt romney said. i like coal i'm going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies i want to get america and north american energy independence so we can create those jobs and that's a phrase that he kept saying time and time again clean call when you say that it's kind of sounds like an oxymoron is there such a thing as clean coal well tell that to the moms who have to worry about their kids having mercury in their bloodstream which comes from burning coal tell that to the folks in appalachian whose streams and communities have been damaged and destroyed because of mountaintop removal coal mining tell that to the folks living in the communities where a toxic coal ash waste threatens water supplies the simple fact is there is no such thing as clean coal maybe cleaner but the fact is if we really want to achieve energy independence we need to come up with renewable sources of energy more energy efficiency and ways of being a mo
nominee mitt romney said. i like coal i'm going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies i want to get america and north american energy independence so we can create those jobs and that's a phrase that he kept saying time and time again clean call when you say that it's kind of sounds like an oxymoron is there such a thing as clean coal well tell that to the moms who have to worry about their kids having mercury in...
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challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill what is behind obama's failure and does it really matter. if he can. start. to cross talk the first us presidential debate i'm joined by rachel mars today in paris she's a political communications strategist and sidney cade a columnist in washington we have niall standage he is a staff writer for the hill and in london we crossed to david nicholson he is a london based freelance journalist right folks cross the girls and i mean you can jump in anytime want to rachel what in the world happened last night why why did obama really bomb. we just had a really long day off it's interesting however when saying the bar really low for each of their candidates both campaigns were the word got out that apparently mitt romney was really.
challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill what is behind obama's failure and does it really matter. if he can. start. to cross talk the first us presidential debate i'm joined by rachel mars today in paris she's a political communications strategist and sidney cade a columnist in washington we have niall standage he is a staff writer for the hill and in london we crossed to david nicholson he is a london based freelance journalist right folks cross the girls and i mean...
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challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill.
challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill.
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challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill. because. of. the dow chemical company in midland michigan. seventy two million liters of defoliants sprayed by the u.s. military over south vietnam beginning in one nine hundred sixty one one magnify.
challenger mitt romney left the incumbent looking like road kill. because. of. the dow chemical company in midland michigan. seventy two million liters of defoliants sprayed by the u.s. military over south vietnam beginning in one nine hundred sixty one one magnify.
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romney left the incumbent looking like road kill. i mean all those years of dealing with p.t.s.d. and vietnam and agent orange vietnam agent orders as well as like all those years you know america's moved on left us stuck in time how dare they we're going to come out and we're going to we're going to take over where the veterans voice has has been stopped has been discontinued they think that that's all that was necessary to hide their law is but they're wrong because they forgot about the widow this is.
romney left the incumbent looking like road kill. i mean all those years of dealing with p.t.s.d. and vietnam and agent orange vietnam agent orders as well as like all those years you know america's moved on left us stuck in time how dare they we're going to come out and we're going to we're going to take over where the veterans voice has has been stopped has been discontinued they think that that's all that was necessary to hide their law is but they're wrong because they forgot about the...
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on the other hand participated in almost twenty debates in the process of winning the republican party's presidential nomination i think that basic fact recent practice really played to governor romney's strength that last night you know david it's interesting if obama can't defend his you know his time in office who can because he didn't do a very good job of it. no he didn't but he is at least in office he's the incumbent and maybe being the incumbent made him slack off a little bit he was you know if he was feeling the pressures of the job perhaps you know he's got a lot on his mind maybe more than somebody who's running against him he's got all the foreign policy issues that he has to keep track of and i thought the other difference between his his performance last night and previous times i've seen him was that he was up against an alpha male he was an applicant's the career politician somebody who's got the wank business that he has you know an academic and maybe that played to romney's strengths that he's this guy who's risen from relatively modest beginnings and and has made a st
on the other hand participated in almost twenty debates in the process of winning the republican party's presidential nomination i think that basic fact recent practice really played to governor romney's strength that last night you know david it's interesting if obama can't defend his you know his time in office who can because he didn't do a very good job of it. no he didn't but he is at least in office he's the incumbent and maybe being the incumbent made him slack off a little bit he was...
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a romney surrogate agrees. >> the republican, the conservative surrogate in the primary is always going to run right and come back to the general for the opposite is of the democrat. that's all you're seeing here. it's very typical. we strong conservatives understand that. so this is campaign strategy. >> it's typical campaign strategy. that's what it's all about? we all know the man caught on tape is the real mitt romney. he's still mr. 47% and no etch-a-sketch can erase it. joining me now is joy reid, msnbc contributor and managing editor of thegrio.com. and krystal ball. thank you both for joining me. krystal, let me start with you. why he is apologizing for this 47% so late? >> because i think it's damaging and they have seen how it's impacting people. they saw this video and say, finally, we see who this guy is. is he the guy that he was in massachusetts? when they saw that, they said, this is the guy and it's exactly who we thought he was and i will also say, when the comments were first unnerved and he did that press conference, if he he had totally walked it back and apologized
a romney surrogate agrees. >> the republican, the conservative surrogate in the primary is always going to run right and come back to the general for the opposite is of the democrat. that's all you're seeing here. it's very typical. we strong conservatives understand that. so this is campaign strategy. >> it's typical campaign strategy. that's what it's all about? we all know the man caught on tape is the real mitt romney. he's still mr. 47% and no etch-a-sketch can erase it....
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bill: republicans are energized by governor mitt romney's performance this week. democrats meanwhile looking to refocus after even they panned the showing by the president. have you heard? >> i don't think the president took him very seriously and he should have and for a large part the president just looked bored and wanted to get this darn thing over with. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios bill: as you can imagine there is still so much fallout from this debate the other night. charles krauthamer, syndicated columnist. saying governor romney's performance was so strong that he canceled out the effect of million of dollars of attacked as against him. >> romney took the beginning of that debate attacked each of the points and demolished them. again all that came from nega
bill: republicans are energized by governor mitt romney's performance this week. democrats meanwhile looking to refocus after even they panned the showing by the president. have you heard? >> i don't think the president took him very seriously and he should have and for a large part the president just looked bored and wanted to get this darn thing over with. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the...
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jon: preliminary indications, julie, indicate republican excitement, excitement among republican voters is up as a result of governor romney's performance. what about democratic excitement? has it been dimmed by what you say was an abysmal performance for the president. >> republican excitement couldn't be down. peggy noonan and bill kristol writing obituaries and on suicide watch. some democrats including me were disappointed in the president's performance, no doubt about it. jon: so you're going to be a romney voter now? >> i'm not. i'm still sticking by, tell you why, sticking with the p the policies the president is espousing are policies democrats including myself much more than they do mr. romney's. a debate is debate. if obama had done much better than romney, ron and i would be arguing something very difficult than what we're arguing today. we have a month left. early voting in places like iowa started last week well before this debate. obama, i fully suspect will not allow himself to be had the way he was had at last debate going forward. jon: i wonder how many foals would like
jon: preliminary indications, julie, indicate republican excitement, excitement among republican voters is up as a result of governor romney's performance. what about democratic excitement? has it been dimmed by what you say was an abysmal performance for the president. >> republican excitement couldn't be down. peggy noonan and bill kristol writing obituaries and on suicide watch. some democrats including me were disappointed in the president's performance, no doubt about it. jon: so...
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republican presidential nominee mitt romney will deliver a speech on foreign policy next monday at virginia military institute in lexington. romney and his running mate, paul ryan, campaigned in fisherville, virginia yesterday. though it didn't come up in we had night's debate, romney is talking about his 47% comment again saying his choice of words was, quote, wrong. more on that coming up later on in this hour. in this hour. >>> an alert now for women in fairfax county. police are looking if a suspected serial fondler. >> he has approached at least five women, usual hi from behind appear grabbing them and taking often. -- usually from behind and grabbing them and taking off. >> reporter: this firveg victim just came forward. she hadn't initially reported the incident. -- this fifth victim just came forward. she was walking here on hibling avenue in ving field at the same place where another woman says she too was victimized by what police believe is a serial fondler. the man is described as a man in his 30s with dark eyeand a neatly trimmed beard. victims say he usually comes up from behi
republican presidential nominee mitt romney will deliver a speech on foreign policy next monday at virginia military institute in lexington. romney and his running mate, paul ryan, campaigned in fisherville, virginia yesterday. though it didn't come up in we had night's debate, romney is talking about his 47% comment again saying his choice of words was, quote, wrong. more on that coming up later on in this hour. in this hour. >>> an alert now for women in fairfax county. police are...
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let's get the other side, the new jobs report forced republican mitt romney to alter his attack on the president. with reaction from mitt romney, here is jim acosta. >> reporter: after a couple of days of very positive reviews for his debate performance against president obama, mitt romney is running in political news that may be blunting that momentum. the new unemployment report showing that the jobless rate has dipped below 8%, really taking away one of his key lines of attack against the president. for months, mitt romney has been saying the president failed to take the nation's unemployment rate below 8%, but at an event here in coal country in virginia, romney found a new way to crunch the numbers. here is what he had to say. >> there were fewer new jobs created this month than last month, and the unemployment rate, as you noted this year, has come down very, very slowly. but it has come down nonetheless. the reason it has come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> reporter: now for much of this weekend, romne
let's get the other side, the new jobs report forced republican mitt romney to alter his attack on the president. with reaction from mitt romney, here is jim acosta. >> reporter: after a couple of days of very positive reviews for his debate performance against president obama, mitt romney is running in political news that may be blunting that momentum. the new unemployment report showing that the jobless rate has dipped below 8%, really taking away one of his key lines of attack against...
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romney-ryan or obama-biden t-shirt. but to liken the republican shirt to the kkk. >> it's sick. >> i think we're in agreement ladies and gentlemen, this friday morning, one thing that did not come up in wednesday's debate to the surprise of many was mitt romney's comment about the 47%, and new at 10, romney calls that comment a mistake. . >> well, clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and questions and answers sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bnchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken
romney-ryan or obama-biden t-shirt. but to liken the republican shirt to the kkk. >> it's sick. >> i think we're in agreement ladies and gentlemen, this friday morning, one thing that did not come up in wednesday's debate to the surprise of many was mitt romney's comment about the 47%, and new at 10, romney calls that comment a mistake. . >> well, clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and questions and answers sessions, now and then you're going to...
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before my twitter feed was you guys do everything you can to destroy mitt romney and the republicans. now it's -- you guys are propping romney up. what are you doing? >> you can always tell who is losing. you can always tell who is losing by looking at the rage on the twitter feed. >> that's true. it's a great way of putting it. the ragier it is on one side you're like uh-oh. they're in trouble. >> exactly. miles? >> look, historically, you said this, if you had more than 7.3% unemployment, no president has ever won. yet the polls indicated that obama was in the lead. you need 3% gdp growth to keep unemployment flat. we're going to wait and get numbers. and they're going to be what they're going to be. 113,000 new jobs, 118,000 new jobs. the practical reality is we had 2.5% gdp growth a year ago. we have 1.3% gdp growth. it's nowhere near 3%. we are creating more unemployment. now they'll come out with new numbers. they're going to say it was 8.1% unemployment, 8.2%. and you say, well, you know for sure there's less people employed. how is that the case? so they'll say more structural
before my twitter feed was you guys do everything you can to destroy mitt romney and the republicans. now it's -- you guys are propping romney up. what are you doing? >> you can always tell who is losing. you can always tell who is losing by looking at the rage on the twitter feed. >> that's true. it's a great way of putting it. the ragier it is on one side you're like uh-oh. they're in trouble. >> exactly. miles? >> look, historically, you said this, if you had more...